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Session: Social Sustainability on the Agenda

Explore the responsibilities of fishing vessel owners, skippers, and fishers in ensuring social sustainability in the fish and aquaculture industry. Learn about private compliance initiatives, ILO guidelines, and the importance of respecting labor rights in operations.

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Session: Social Sustainability on the Agenda

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  1. 2019 – International Congress on Social Sustainability Vigo, Spain (30 September 2019) Session: Social Sustainability on the Agenda Brandt Wagner Head, Transport and Maritime Unit Sectoral Policies Department International Labour Office

  2. International Labour Organization • Specialized agency of the UN • Tripartite – Governments, Employers, Workers • Decent Work • Normative

  3. Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) Responsibilities of fishing vessel owners, skippers and fishers Minimum age Recruitment and placement of fishers Fisher’s work agreement Payment of fishers Crew list Repatriation Hours of rest and Manning Medical examination, OSH Medical care Food and potable water Accommodation Protection in the case of work-related sickness, injury or death, social security

  4. “Private compliance initiatives have been launched by individual companies and industry-wide and multi-stakeholder groups. These have focused on a wide array of issues, and utilized different strategies such as auditing, best practice sharing, complaints mechanisms, peer learning, guidance and capacity building. Business has a responsibility to respect labour rights in their operations as laid out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN Guiding Principles), and governments have the duty to implement and enforce national laws and regulations. Efforts of other stakeholders to promote workplace compliance can support, but not replace, the effectiveness and efficiency of public governance systems.”

  5. ILO guidelines on decent work and socially responsible tourism • …. are based on principles derived from, inter alia: • the ILO Declaration of Philadelphia (1944); • the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998) • the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008); • the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) (adopted in 1977, revised in 2000, 2006 and 2017); • relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations, including the Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172), and Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Recommendation, 1991 (No. 179); • relevant resolutions and conclusions adopted by the International LabourConference; • the Decent Work Agenda; • principles and good practices outlined in the SDGs, and policy documents specifically applicable to the tourism sector, such as the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, the ILO Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, the UN Global Compact and other documents. • the points of consensus adopted at the Global Dialogue Forum on New Developments and Challenges in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector and their Impact on Employment, Human Resources Development and Industrial Relations (23–24 November 2010); • the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; • the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).

  6. Social sustainability in the fish and aquaculture value chains Compared to other workers?

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